Writing-cabinet.



PATENTED DEG. 8,' 1903'.

Y No. 746.093.

L. & J. M.; JONES.

WRITING'cABINBT. APPLIGATIQN FILED Nvov. 2s, 1.902,

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' Patented December 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

WRITING-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 746,093, dated December 8, 1903.

' Applioeeioo filed November 26,1902. serien No. 1302.918. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit k nown that we, LEROY JONES and JOHN M JONES, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Clay Center, in the county of Clay and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Writing-Cabi-- nets; and We do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Ourinvention is an improved writing-cabinet; and it consists in the construction and combination of devices hereinafter described and claimed.L

The object of our invention is to provide t an improved writing-cabinet which is especially adapted for use by postmasters for making out postal money-orders and which is also adapted for use in Writing on tablets of paper of any kind.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a writing-cabinet embodying our improvements. Eig. 2 is a sectional View of the same, and Fig. 3 is a similar View at right angles to Fig., 2.

In the embodiment ofour invention here shown we provide a cabinet l, which is provided with a compartment 2 for the reception of a tablet a of paper, and is also provided with acompartment 3, which has a lid or @over 4, that forms a hand-rest forothe writer-,1j It will be observed that the compartments 2 3 are side by side and that the tabletof papel' in the compartment 2 may have its upper surface or upper sheet exaotl \7 flush with the surface of the hand-rest 4. Y

.To maintain the surface or upper sheet of the tablet of paper tlush with the hand-rest as the tablet is used and its sheets torn off from time to time, we provide a paper-sup. porting element 5, which is here shown as a board on which the tablet of paper is placed and which board is disposed in the compartment 2 and is verticallyadjustable therein. Within the scope of our invention-any snitalile means may be employed for adjusting thepaper-supportingelement. WVehereshow an adjusting-screw 6 for this purpose, which screw is jonrnaled in bearings 7 and is provided at its upper end with a head 8, Whereby it may be readily turned to adjust the ings 13 in the upper side ofthe cabinet, and

the extreme outer ends of the said arms Aare turned outwardly at right angles to the said arms-and to the saidl pivot portions thereof to form stop-studs 14, which when the paperholding frame 9 is turned in an upright position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, bear on the upper side of the cabinet and support the said paper-holding frame in such position. The paper-holding frame is adapted t-o be folded downwardly upon the tablet ot' paper to bear on the same and securely oonne the paper tablet in the compartment 2, and the bar 11 of the said paper-holding frame is adapted to bear against one 'side ofthe Vpartition 15, which separates the compart- The hand-rest 4e has an openingv ments 2 3. 16 of sufficient dimensions to clear the bar .11,

land the latter is provided on its .under side with .a pair of depending hook-studs 17. A detent-bar 18 is disposed on one side of the partition 15 Iand is supported by studs 1,9,

whichoperate in slots 20, with Which `said ndetent-bar is provided. The said detentbai" is provided also with a pair of detenthooks 2l, which when the said bar is moved in one direction are adapted to en age the studs 17 of the bar 11 to lock the paper-holding frame in its closed lower position. A spring 22 is provided which normally maintains the said detent-bar in its locked position. One end of the detent-bar projects from orlo side of the cabinet and is provided with a head or button 23, which when depressed or moved inwardly causes the detent-4 bar to disengage the paper-holding-frame to release the latter, as will be understood.

It Will be observed that the paper-holding frame oiers practically no obstruction tothe tablet, so that the latter may be readily writ.- ten upon while the said frame bears upon the same. It will be further understood that by first releasing the paper-holding frame the sheets of the tablet may be readily torn off as ico the same are used and that from time to time as the tablet diminishes in thickness the saine may be raised to keep its upper side or upper sheet level with the hand-rest by means of 5 the adjusting-screw.

From the foregoing description, taken in con nection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, operation, and advantages of our invention will be readily apparent, it is Io thought, without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A writing-cabinet having a hand-rest and a paper-receptacle, an adjustable papersupport in the said receptacle, ahinged paperholder on the upper side of the cabinet, adapted when lowered to extend across the paperreceptacle to bear on the paper, and having stops 17 at its free side, the cabinet having an opening to clear said stops, and a longitudinally-movable detent under the hand-rest to engage said stops and coact therewith to lock the paper-holder in such position, substantially as described.

2. A writing-cabinet having a handwest, a paper-receptacle, andv an opening 16, an adjustable paper-support in the said receptacle, a hinged paperholder on the upper side of the cabinet, adapted when lowered to extend across the paper-receptacle to bear on the paper, and having a bar l1 at its free side provided with stops 17, the opening 16 clearing said bar and stops when lowered, a longitudinally-movable detent-bar under the handrest, having hooks 21 to coact with the stops 17, and a spring to normally retain the detent-bar in position to engage its hooks with said stops, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof 4we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEROY JONES. JOHN M. JONES.

Witnesses:

GUY W. SEcoRD, J. L. PERRY. 

